Night Man comic books feature Night Man who gained his powers from a piece of shrapnel that embeds itself in his head after his vehicle was struck by a cable car that had been hit by a burst of energy known as a "jumpstart". The energy originates from The Entity, an alien starship which had crashed on the Moon. Night Man jumpstarted but some of the passengers of the cable car were became The Strangers. Johnny Domino (Night Man) could hear evil thoughts, could see in the dark and did not require sleep. His costume and equipment were merely makeshift items from hardware stores and the like, plus a kevlar vest his father lent him. His father was a former police officer turned security guard at a San Francisco Coney Island-type amusement park called "Playland", based upon the real-life Playland (San Francisco).
He used both a gun and a taser to fight crime, though the gun was only used as a last resort and even then, never used to kill.